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Antonyms for ratified

Grammar : Verb
Spell : rat-uh-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræt əˌfaɪ


Definition of ratified

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old French ratifier (13c.), from Medieval Latin ratificare "confirm, approve," literally "fix by reckoning," from Latin ratus "fixed by calculation; determined; approved; certain, sure; valid" (past participle adjective from reri "to reckon, think;" see reason (v.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Ratified; ratifying.
  • verb affirm, authorize
Example sentences :
  • The oaths were ratified by the sacrifice of a bull, a wolf , a boar, and a ram over a shield.
  • Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon
  • Upon the committee's return to Philadelphia, its actions were ratified by Congress.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
  • Kerry responded to the sentiment with a fac-simile sigh, and the peace was ratified.
  • Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever
  • On October 17, 1803, the Senate ratified the treaty by a vote of twenty-four to seven.
  • Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson
  • This will was ratified by Augustus with the exception of the title given to Archelaus.
  • Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
  • When it met, it did not even ask that the 'state of religion' should be ratified.
  • Extract from : « John Knox » by A. Taylor Innes
  • This decision was ratified at the convention in Stillwater, the last of August 1848.
  • Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
  • It was ratified by the states in 1920, 14 years after Susan B. Anthony's death.
  • Extract from : « Susan B. Anthony » by Alma Lutz
  • In 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified and the body adjourned.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various
  • What might have been the result had the treaty been ratified by Spain can only be surmised.
  • Extract from : « John Quincy Adams » by John. T. Morse

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